Stochastic strong-motion simulation of the Mw 6 Umbria-Marche Earthquake of September 1997: Comparison of different approaches

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 662-670

  Castro, Raul R ^a   Pacor, F ^b   Franceschina, G ^b   Bindi, D ^b   Zonno, G ^b   Luzi, L ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RADIATION; SEISMIC WAVES; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT RADIATION PATTERN; GROUND MOTION; SPECTRAL AMPLITUDE;

EARTHQUAKES;

AMPLITUDE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; ERROR ANALYSIS; MODELING; S-WAVE; SIMULATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; STRONG MOTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MARCHE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UMBRIA;

EID: 42649101634     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120070092     Document Type: Article

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